Community Duty Assessment

(1) When I think of the resident advisor position I consider it a position of great responsibility. This reason is because as a RA one is responsible for the safety of not just the people on their hall, but also the people in the entire building. One has to efficiently do room inspections to make sure people don’t possess things that could cause fires, or anything else that might endanger the other people living within that residents hall. They are there to inform residents on changes or upcoming events happening within that resident’s hall and on campus. Other responsibilities I think about being associated with the RA position is letting people in their room when they are locked out, and helping residents get aquatinted with each other.

As a resident assistant, I upheld and am continuing to uphold University Housing’s mission of ensuring affordable, comfortable, secure housing on campus while promoting the academic success and personal growth of the residents. From crisis management to programming for the community, my responsibilities varied to be an enforcer of the policies but also to be a friend to all. I built quality relationships with each of my residents to establish an authentic community among the diverse population. Whether it was simply helping

I had to understand the circumstances in which people were in and how interact with residents respectfully and compassionately which provided opportunities for personal growth by practicing integrity, justice and good stewardship. Though I was a bit hesitant, my experience has been very positive. Just being a volunteer without any related experience or skills, I was unqualified to help and many ways. The few menial tasks that I was able to do seemed to be met with much enthusiasm and appreciation. Simply helping someone to their seat bringing them a cup of tea or

To be honest, I did not have any expectations going into the A.A meeting. I went into the meeting with an open mind and with the hope of learning about how alcoholism has changed people’s lives in a negative way. Not to mention, throughout my childhood, I witnessed

Barrett community assistants serve as a leader and role model not only within the Barrett community, but also within the greater ASU community. Furthermore, it is pertinent that community assistant’s be a valuable and reliable resource for residents. Additionally, it is a community assistants job to help ensure the wellbeing of their residents, and to develop relationships with their residents. A community assistant should be a resource for residents. Furthermore, it is the role of a community assistants to foster an intimate residential community within the greater Barrett residential community.

I’m doing my internship at Housing Authority of New Orleans. It is located at 4100 Touro Street, New Orleans, La. 70122. I’m working in the HANO Client Services Department, under the supervision of Ms. Angela Harper, who holds an LMSW. Thus, Ms. Harper is the Manager in the Client Services Department. I’m interning at one of HANO’s housing sites, which is known as the Crescent Estates, formerly known as (Fisher). Some of my roles are to assist and work with the HANO Client Services Department, with providing supportive services, programs, and activities to include case management for residents at various sites; assist with keeping case files and assessments maintained on each household in the TAAG (Tracking-At-A-Glance) case management system, for the following sites: Fisher and Scattered Sites and monitor files for the other sites; assist the agency with outreach and other programs, wherever needed, with special events such as health fairs, job/employment training fairs, youth summer camps, and afterschool programs; monitor service referrals and the services received by residents from partner agencies; follow-up with service referrals for tracking purpose; provide ongoing follow-up with residents in case load, follow-up include face-to-face communication (home visits) and/or phone calls on a weekly basis, depending on the stability of the family; meet with field supervisor bi-weekly

As a SUNY Oneonta Resident Community Advisor, you play an important role within the Residential Community Life Department. The RCA role will specifically work with students’ living within First year Experience and Transfer Living Communities. This role provides on-call duty coverage for his/she’s assigned community, while also completing some evening office hours to connect with residents. Instead of building community among a floor, the RCA position focuses on fostering and building community on a building-wide level. RCAs will build a strong partnership with the New Student Services (NSS) staff to assist students within their transition. This positions provides some intentional programming to better prepare students’ for the next step, whether

As the year continues, my goal is for my residents to understand that the are phenomenal women and they have so much to offer out floor, complex, and community . That there talents and gifts can be used to create a positive social change. I would also like them to know that leaders are not born, but that leadership is a process and

The session started off with an individual reading the twelve steps by which Alcoholics Anonymous uses as a simple and short interpretation of the rules for sober living. Upon completion of steps being read, the group started off by

I had place many barriers which was interfering with me getting to know the residents. In AHSC 281 Shannon had taught us Sensitive terminology and the do’s and don’t about it. Learning about it in class was very simple and apply it to made up cases was very easy, Yet, as I went into the field that was my first error, I looked at the residents and applied society’s stereotypes on them and created all sort of boundaries. The biggest one I faced was looking past their age, it does not mean they are 50 years older than me that we have nothing in common. There was a lot of topics covered with the residents as I spoke to them it went from dating, dancing, cooking and to my

One of my favorite things to do is to see someone who was feeling down smiling because I was able to make their day better. On numerous occasions I have seen residents in my hall look up to our RL or see their faces light up as they are walking past them. I would to instill that level of joy onto resident of my own hall and be someone they can trust to come to with their problems and not be afraid to hold back any questions they may have. With many of my friends being RLs, I love the stories and ways they tell me they bond or get to better know their residents throughout the year, and I believe that it would be wonderful to have my own memories and stories to tell to inspire others to do the

But the most significant of which for this study are: student connections and security rounds. I must maintain student connections by ensuring that I “connect” or briefly talk to all residents within my building at least bi-weekly. Connections establish my presence in the community and RET uses them to monitor student physical and mental health concerns. CAs also complete overnight shifts with security rounds of apartment buildings to enforce RET’s Community Standards. Security rounds take place usually at night and involve walking nonstop through the entirety of the building while checking locks on doors and inspecting common

Managing forty-plus students is not a task, especially if they are college students. In every residential hall at University of California Riverside there are residential advisors. Residential advisors are students that are responsible for a hall and the residents that live there. Their overall duties include hall maintenance, being on duty, keeping a good relationship with residents, caring for themselves, setting up the hall calendar along with events and being on good academic standing. What being on duty means is that the residential advisor that is on duty must go through every hall and check the emergency exit door at the end of the hall and turn off the hall lights. However, that not the only thing that they do, they also make sure

Continue the process of engaging and empowering residents to be involved in decisions and facilitating resident and staff relationships.

One of Claflin’s policies is that freshmen and sophomores are required to complete community service. Many people that do not have the transportation to get to their community service work site, so they have to depend on Claflin to get to where they need to be. There is a reoccurring issue that comes up when it is time for students to use the vans for community service. If a student’s name is not on the list, then the driver will not let that student on the van; therefore, the student will not be able to complete their hours for the day.